Rain-trough support.



R. REHRAUER. RAIN THOUGH SUPPORT.

APPLlCATlON FILED JULY 18. 1917- Patented July 16, 1918.

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RANDOLPH REHRAUER, OF TWO RIVERS, WISCONSIN.

RAIN-TROUGH SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1918.

Application filed July 18, 1917. Serial No. 181,199.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RANDOLPH REH- BAUER, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Two Rivers, in the county of Manitowoc and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRain-Trough Supports; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in means forsupporting rain troughs or spouts, and has for its prlmary object todispense with the usual and faulty arrangement now employed forsupporting rain troughs which consist of a strip of tin passing aroundthe under portion of the trough and having its ends nailed to the roofeave.

A further object is in the Provision of a one piece spring metal supportwhich has a portion bent to conform with the curvature of a rain troughand has its stop portion flat with suitable attaching means carriedthereby.

A still further object is in the provision of novel means for attachingor detachably securing the support upon the spout in such a manner as toprevent removal thereof when the trough is filled with water.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafterdescribed and particularly defined by the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example ofthe physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to thebest mode I have so far devised for the practical application of theprinciples of my invention, in which Figure 1 is a transverse sectionalview through a rain trough with my invention applied thereto andillustrated in elevation.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, the supporting frame being partlybroken away and the rain spout being illustrated by dotted lines, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, in which similarreference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views, 5designates the conventional rain trough which is semicircular incrosssection and has its outer end beaded as at 6 and my invention isadapted to engage the trough and to be secured to the roof eave in amanner similar to that of securing the thin metal strip now universallyused for this purpose.

This hanger is made of any spring metal such as wrought iron, steel orthe like and has its bottom or strap portion curved as at 7 and itsouter side curved as at 8 in order to form a trough receiving portion asshown in Fig. 1. The top or bridge portion 9 of the hanger extendsacross the trough from the beaded portion 8 and has its end down-turnedand curved to conform with the curvature of the inner wall of the troughas at 10, and provided in the bridge portion near the end 10 is anaperture 11 p for receiving the down-turned tongue 12 formed'on theother end of my device.

The trough-hanger is supported by a bracket 18 having an upper arm 14for engagement with the roof eave (not shown) and a perforated foot 15of the bracket is fitted to the bridge 9, there being a slot 17 formedin the bridge for the reception of a bolt 16 whereby the parts aresecured.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it will be obvious that to secure my device to a rain trough,the tongue 12 is disengaged from the aperture 11 and the device sprungapart and slipped upon the trough when the tongue 12 is again engaged inthe opening 11, the bracket- 13 having its arm ll supported from theroof cave in any desired manner.

In most devices of this character, the support, when the trough isfilled with water, breaks apart and allows the trough to drop, but by myinvention, the greater the stress the more securely the trough issecured in the holder or support. This is attained by having the end 10retain the trough between its outer wall and the inner wall of thecorresponding side of the bottom portion 7 As will be seen when thetrough is filled with water, the strap portion 9 will tend to buckleoutwardly, drawing imvardly the ends of the support, thus forming viselike jaws With the end and the corre sponding surface of the strapportion? betWeen which the trough is securely clamped.

What is claimed is The combination With an eaves trough semi-circular incross section, of a llflllgGl' said edge, a doWn-turned tongue extendinginto the trough at right angles to said lat erally bent end,va bridgeportion of sheet material connected at one end With the other end of thestrap portion, the free end of the bridge portion being disposedadjacent said tongue and laterally and down- Wardly turned to form afoot, the other part being substantially straight said foot being curvedfor engagement With the inner wall of the trough, saidbridge portionhaving a hole spaced from. the free end of the straight part thereof, orfrom said foot, a distance substantially equal the length of thelaterally bent end of the strap portion "whereby when said tongue isinserted through said hole, the foot Will be drawn toward the adjacentpart of the sti a p p'ortion and the upper edge of the trough firmlygripped therebetween, the bridge portion thus constituting in connectionwith the strap portion a reinforced stay for the trough in opposition toinward-and outward strain. 7 V

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atTwo Rivers, in the county of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin.

RANDOLPH REI-IR-AUER.

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